Reading Time: 4 minutes No child should die a preventable death. It’s time Canada had a national vaccine framework
Author: Raymonde Gagne
Born in Manitoba, Senator Raymonde Gagné has worked in the field of education for over 35 years. Notably, she was President of the Université de Saint-Boniface (USB) from 2003-2014. During this time, she directed the efforts to change the institution’s status from college to university. She also spearheaded a fundraising campaign – the largest in the institution’s history – for the construction of a new health sciences building, to expand research capacity and increase the scholarship and bursary program.
Prior to her tenure as President, she served as Director of New Programs, Director of the Community College and of the Continuing Education Division of USB, as well as Professor in Business Administration.
French is a powerful vehicle for Canadian multiculturalism
Reading Time: 4 minutes The place of French in Canada 50 years after the Official Languages Act was first enacted shows we can and must do better
Opioids are killing Canadians in the thousands
Reading Time: 4 minutes Abstinence-based treatment is ineffective. We need to invest heavily in harm reduction strategies
Canada’s most vulnerable children deserve far better
Reading Time: 4 minutes First Nations children are denied the same funding for health care, social services and education as non-Indigenous kids